Danai Gurira
11 FOLLOWERS • 30 CREDITS • FEB 14, 1978 • 47
Biography
Danai Jekesai Gurira (/dəˈnaɪ ɡʊˈrɪərə/; born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress, playwright, and activist. She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2012–2020, 2022) and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024), and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, including Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Gurira is the writer of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. Gurira received two nominations for The People's Choice Awards in 2019 and 2020 for her role on The Walking Dead, and she was also nominated for a 2024 Black Reel Television award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for her work on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
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Known For
Law & Order
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lie to Me
What If...?
Talking Dead
Marvel Studios Legends
Ghost Town
The Infinity Saga
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
Black Panther
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Walking Dead: The Return
All Eyez on Me
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
The Walking Dead
Black Panther 3
The Walking Dead: The Return
The Fighting Shirley Chisholm
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